Chavonda Jacobs-Young, Ph.D. is a nominee for a Career Achievement in Government Award at the 2020 Women of Color STEM Conference.
She is an Agricultural Research Service Administrator and Acting Chief Scientist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Dr. Jacobs-Young is the first woman and person of color to lead the billion-dollar research agency.
“Chavonda is unique in her vision for educating and empowering the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs who will make breakthrough discoveries, develop the disruptive technologies, and launch startups that will lead to global change,” says Keegan Autzky, director of global programs and partnerships, The World Food Prize Foundation.
A 2016 recipient of the Presidential Rank Award and an elected Fellow in both the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the National Academy of Public Administration, Dr. Jacobs-Young has a commitment to giving back.
She serves as an AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador to engage in outreach and as a scientific role model to attract middle school girls to the STEM professions.
Her role as an influential woman in science was recognized in the book Black Stars: African American Scientists and Inventors and the AAAS IF/THEN statue exhibit highlighting women scientists. Dr. Jacobs- Young is also a member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
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